Two decades of mesoscale phenomena on either side of the Strait of Gibraltar

Delgado, Javier; García‐Lafuente, Jesús; Naranjo, Cristina

doi:10.3989/scimar.03609.18e

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“…Bastida et al (2012) examine the processes leading to mixing episodes within the bottom boundary layer of a shelf area and Grifoll et al (2012) assess the sensitivity of a forecasting system for harbours which includes the nesting of several ocean models. Peña-Izquierdo et al (2012) use field data to give an exhaustive description of the complex current system over the continental slope off NW Africa, Mason et al (2012) use numerical results to discuss the origin and spatio-temporal variability of the African upwelling north of the Canary Islands, and Delgado et al (2012) (2012) use field data to evaluate the performance of several wind-drag parameterizations for mixed sea conditions. San Antolín et al (2012) inspect data from three transatlantic sections along 7.5°N to assess how interdecadal changes in intermediate water strata may affect both stratification and double diffusion, and García-Olivares and Herrero (2012) examine the sensitivity of a mechanistic glacial-interglacial model to changes in the parameters that simulate large-scale physical and chemical processes.…”

Section: The Spanish Physical Oceanography Horizonmentioning

confidence: 99%

Crucial times for Spanish physical oceanography

Pelegrí

Álvarez-Fanjul²,

Espino

et al. 2012

Sci. Mar.

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SUMMARY: The field of physical oceanography has undergone exponential growth in Spain during the last few decades. From a handful of self-taught researchers in the late 1960s there are now several hundred physical oceanographers distributed in some 20 Spanish institutions, and many more working overseas. The First Spanish Physical Oceanography Meeting (EOF1), held in Barcelona in October 2010, was a good example of the high quality and large variety of this research. The facilities and human resources are excellent but the alarming decrease in public investment in science due to the economic crisis must lead the Spanish physical oceanography community to define its current priorities. In this introductory paper to EOF1 we revise our history and where we are now, and suggest that progress in the near future will rely on our intelligence to sustain and enhance human capital, partnership and society-oriented research.Keywords: physical oceanography, Spain, history, human capital, partnership, society-oriented research. RESUMEN: Tiempos de cambio para la oceanografía física española. -El campo de la oceanografía física ha experimentado un crecimiento exponencial en España durante las últimas décadas. Desde unos pocos oceanógrafos autodidactas a finales de la década de 1960 hemos llegado a varios centenares de oceanógrafos distribuidos en unas 20 instituciones españolas, con otros muchos más trabajando fuera de España. El Primer Encuentro de la Oceanografía Física Española (EOF1), que tuvo lugar en Octubre de 2010 en Barcelona, fue un buen ejemplo de la alta calidad y amplia variedad de estas investigaciones. Las infraestructuras y potencial humano son excelentes pero nos enfrentamos ahora, como resultado de la crisis económica que estamos experimentando, con la amenaza real de una significativa disminución de la inversión pública en Ciencias que debe llevar a la comunidad de oceanógrafos físicos españoles a definir prioridades. En este artículo introductorio a EOF1 revisamos cual ha sido nuestra trayectoria y donde nos hallamos ahora, y proponemos que el progreso en un futuro cercano depende de nuestra habilidad para apoyar y fomentar el capital humano, el asociacionismo y una investigación orientada hacia la sociedad.Palabras clave: oceanografía física, España, historia, capital humano, asociacionismo, investigar para la sociedad.

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Section: The Spanish Physical Oceanography Horizonmentioning

confidence: 99%

Crucial times for Spanish physical oceanography

Pelegrí

Álvarez-Fanjul²,

Espino

et al. 2012

Sci. Mar.

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Tidally-induced submesoscale features in the atlantic jet and Western Alboran Gyre. A study based on HF radar and satellite images

Romero-Cozar¹,

Chioua²,

Bolado-Penagos³

et al. 2021

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

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Evaluation of different modeling approaches for total tree-height estimation in Mediterranean Region of Turkey

Diamantopoulou

Özçelık

2012

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Efficient management of timber resources and wood utilization practices require accurate and versatile information about important characteristics of forest resources for evaluating the numerous management and utilization alternatives for timber resources. Tree height is considered one of the most useful variables along with stocking and diameter at breast height, in estimating forest stand wood volumes and productivity. Six nonlinear growth functions were fitted to tree height-diameter data of three major tree species in Western Mediterranean Region's forests of Turkey. The generalized regression neural network (GRNN) technique has been applied for tree height prediction, as well, due to its ability to fit complex nonlinear models. The performance of the models was compared and evaluated. Further, equivalence tests of the selected models were conducted. Validation showed the appropriatness of all models to predict tree height. According to the model performance criteria, the six nonlinear growth functions were able to capture the height-diameter relationships and fitted the data almost equally well, while the constructed generalized regression neural network (GRNN) models were found to be superior to all nonlinear regression models, in terms of their predictive ability.

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Two decades of mesoscale phenomena on either side of the Strait of Gibraltar

Cited by 3 publications

References 23 publications

Crucial times for Spanish physical oceanography

Crucial times for Spanish physical oceanography

Tidally-induced submesoscale features in the atlantic jet and Western Alboran Gyre. A study based on HF radar and satellite images

Evaluation of different modeling approaches for total tree-height estimation in Mediterranean Region of Turkey

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